Washington County Board of Education

The seven members of the Washington County Board of Education are elected to four-year terms. School board business meetings are held twice a month on the first and third Tuesdays of each month at the Central Office auditorium on Commonwealth Avenue in Hagerstown.

The public is invited to attend the meetings, which begin at 6:30 p.m. and last for two to three hours, according to the school system's Web site. The meetings also are televised live on Antietam Cable Channel 99.

The board meeting schedule is posted on the school system's Web site. Agendas also are available on the Web site and board meeting updates are posted there as well.

Editor's note: The public information officer position with Washington County Public Schools currently is vacant. The public information officer oversees the internal and external communication efforts of the school system.